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GAR TRUCK. No. 810,986. Patented Jan 20, 1885 x. N N'--- .4

Nrrn STATES CHARLES E. OANDEE, OF NE\V YORK, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO ALBERT G. STORY, OF LITTLE FALLS, N. Y.

CAR-TRUCK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 310,986, dated January 20, 1885.

Application filed May 15, 1884. (No model.)

To all whom itmay concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES E. CANDEE, of the city, county, and State of New York, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Oar-Trucks, of whichthe following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The main feature of my improved truck lies in the equalizing-bars, which arc'fitted to swing so as to allow lateral motion of the truck-frame independently of the wheels and axles, together with boxes of novel construction, and holders for the supporting-springs, by which the springs are retained upright in any position of the truck, all as hereinafter I 5 described and claimed.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure l is a side elevation, partly sectional, of a truck of my improved construction. Fig. 2 is a transverse section of the truck. Figs. 3 and 4 are detail views.

The side pieces, a, and end pieces, I), of the 2 5 frame, bolster c, and tie-bars d may be of any usual or desired construction. The pedes tals e are of the form required for carrying the boxes f, that may be of the character shown or journal-boxes, as usual. As shown, the

0 boxes f receive the ends of rigid or fixed axles g. The wheels revolve on the axle g, and are provided with friction-rollers (not shown) and with brake-drums. These features are shown and described in applications made by me of 3 5 like date herewith, and therefore do not need detailed description here.

his the equalizing-bar at each side of the truck, which is a straight bar or rod having its ends bent in crank form to pass over the 0 boxes f.

i are spring-caps formed on the pedestals e.

In, Figs. 1 and 4, are the spring-seats,formed to rest upon the equalizing-bar, and made with spring-tongues it, that are received in vertical pockets Z, formed in the pedestals. and the seats are also made with back-lugs k", that extend between the forked sides of the pedestal.

m are the equalizing-springs, contained between the caps and seats 7t, so as to take the weight of the truck. Thisconstruction and ar' rangement insures the retention of the springs vertically with the pedestals at all times in the lateral movement of the truck, hereinafter specified.

The boxes f are of the peculiar form shown in Fig. 3 most clearly. They fit closely be tween the sides of the pedestals, and have grooves f at each side, to give room for the crank-arms of the equalizing-bar to pass, and 0 they are also formed at the top as journals for the crank-pins 0 of the bars h.

n are caps secured upon the boxes, to exclude the dust and prevent bars h from rising. The side grooves, f, flare outward from top to bottom, so as to give space for and at the same time limit the swing of the crank-arms. Upon the outer arms are pins or lugs 1), entering the forked or slotted sides of the pedestals.

The side bars, a, of the truck-frame are provided with hangers q, which have seats q for elliptic springs 0, which are secured on the seats q and beneath the spring-plank 3. At the compression of the spiral springs m beyond a certain point the seats q take upon the equalizing-bars, and thereby give additional support. The seats q may have forks Q2, as shown, striding the equalizing-bars and tiebars (I; but they are not essential.

In a truck constructed as described the frame is free to swing laterally with the equalizing-bars, the frame being allowed to move squarely by the swing of the bars on their crank-pins, and the springs retaining their ver- 8 5 tical position at all times.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. The combination, in a car-truck, of the cqualizingbars h, made with crank-pins 0, the pedestals e, and the boxes f, substantially as described, for operation. as specified.

2. In a car-truck, the combination of springseats 70, springs 111, cap *5, and equalizing-bar h, fitted for lateral movement, substantially as described.

3. In aea-ntruck, the spring-seats 7;, formed ers q, spring-seats q, springs 1", and equal- Wlth tongues k, combined with pedestals havizing-bar h, substantially as shown and de- [0 4. In a car-truck, the looXesf, made with 5 side grooves, f combined with the pedestals e and equalizing-bar 71 having crank-arms, substantially as shown and described.

5. The combination, in a car-truck, of hang- CHARLES E. OANDEE.

\Vitn'esses:

EDGAR TATE,

ROBERT ADAMS.

ing pockets Z, substantially as described. j scribed. 

